Earning an associate degree in Surgical Technology may help to teach determined students how to prepare for the duties of a surgical technologist. The hard-working student will also learn to provide high quality patient care pre- and post-surgery, participate as a competent team member, working with surgeons, anesthesiologists, operating room nurses and other surgical personnel. The adroit learner will work to develop competency as a scrub, circulating, and second assist surgical technologists, and much more.